Kerry Katona driven to tears by furious backlash to April Fools' Day pregnancy prank

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Kerry Katona has revealed that the backlash to her April Fools' Day joke where she pretended to be pregnant drove her to tears.The reality TV star posted a now-deleted picture of an ultrasound scan on her Instagram account on April 1 in a prank aimed at her fiance Ryan Mahoney.But her joke sparked a fierce reaction from some social media users who branded the post as insensitive to people who have had miscarriages and those who are having difficulty trying to conceive.The furore prompted Kerry to immediately take down the post and apologise.

The Atomic Kitten singer wrote about the fallout from the prank in her latest column in new magazine. She described some of the names she was called in the comments as "vile" and added that reading them "broke me down".The 41-year-old added that she never intended to hurt anyone with the post and revealed that she has had fertility issues of her own.She wrote: "People assume I haven't had any struggles with fertility, but I have.

I know the heartache. I have had an angel baby."The joke was not intentionally cruel. It wasn't aimed at miscarriages, or families struggling to get pregnant.

I was just pranking Ryan." For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here . Kerry said she was filming for Channel 4 show Steph's Packed Lunch when she checked her phone and that she struggled to hold back tears.A spokesman for Kerry said: "It was an April Fools joke for her fiancé Ryan but she posted it to her public account and not her private one with very close friends by accident."Kerry herself cannot have any more children due to medical issues and has openly spoken about this in the past."She sincerely.